Saturday, July 26, 2014

WHAT? TIKI in Paris???

In my post last posts we were in Normandy...


But we originally only planned a trip in Paris.


We were there for the openning of a special exhibit....


TIKI POP: America dreams about his polynesian heaven....


When we heard about this exhibit a few months ago, 


we could not believe that a national museum like the Quai Branly one can program such an accurate expo...


Sorry for these quite dark bad pictures but flash was not allowed inside.


They recreated a tiki lounge...


What a pity that it was not possible to order one of those crazy hawaiian cocktails!


It was a fake bar.... :-(


 The book about the expo was really great.


That was a really interesting exhibit...


that explained how people started to dream about the far away islands...


from Robinson Crusoe to the pictures that G.I. brought back after the WWII.


It was really well documented and presented.


But I must tell you that we wanted more after finishing our visit!


It was not small but we would have loved to see much more items!


There are a lot of paper documentation: pictures, menus, plans, magazines, books...


We would have loved to see more kitchy hawaiiana from the 50's,


more vintage shirts, more hula lamps, dishes, fashion accessories.... 


We visited an hawaiiana exhibit in Honolulu in 2008...


and I still have it in my mind!


But this one is worth to be visited, you have still until the end of september to not miss it!!!!


During our parisian week-end....


we also went to St Ouen flea market!


I must present you one of my favorite shop there: Falbalas!


It's so well decorated with so much vintage treasures!!!


The couple who are running this business is also so kind and real fashion historians!


I bought that time that beautiful 40's beret above...


Last time I found a 40's wool dress brown and turquoise and a 40's pink rayon summer suit...


Rare finds at affordable prices!


One more time the weather was so perfect...


Even a bit too hot!


I don't think I would be happy to live my everyday life in Paris...


definitively too crowdy and stressfull, 
but for just a few days, it's like heaven on earth!


Have you heard about this TIKI POP exhibit in Paris?
What is your favorite vintage shop in your area?

FRENCH CORNER
La Normandie n'éatit qu'une petite cerise de plus sur le gâteau, nous avions au début seulement planifié une petite escapade parisienne... avec un but bien précis, nous rendre à l'ouverture de l'expo TIKI POP au musée du quai Branly! Nous avons été bien étonnés de voir ce type d'expo très pointue programmée dans un musée national, mais nous n'avons pas été déçus. Tout y est très bien présenté et documenté, de la naissance de cette attrait pour le paradis polynésien à son déclin dans les années 60. L'expo n'est pas petite, mais on en aurait aimé encore un peu plus notamment plus d'objets/vêtements bien kitch des 50's. Il vous reste jusque fin septembre pour ne pas manquer ça!
Nous avons également pris une après-midi pour flâner en ville et visiter les puces de St Ouen... je ne vivrais vraiment pas à Paris au quotidien, trop de monde, trop de stress...mais pour un petit week-end ensoleillé, c'est comme le paradis sur terre!
Avez-vous ou allez-vous visiter l'expo TIKI?
- Bonnes Vacances à tous -

Monday, July 21, 2014

HONFLEUR's harbor...

So here was our second day in Normandy...


Our hotel were in a charming small village.


So we had time to take some pictures there.


People living here were so friendly...


and came to us to tell us the story of their place.


We could even visit some private buildings...


like this XVIIth century manor!


It helps to wear vintage sometimes!


Normandy has an english flair, isn't it?


We wanted first to visit Deauville's beach on that day...


but it seems that every parisians had the same idea!


So to avoid traffic jam with a vintage car...


we changed our plans for another destination!


HONFLEUR and its old harbor!


It's from there that Samuel de Champlain, the famous french explorer, left to create Quebec city in early XVIIth century.


The steeple of the Honfleur's church is separated from the rest of the building,


it was to prevent this wood structure from fire.


The roof is like a hull boat upturned.


You must remember this outfit from my Viva's pictures!


It is so comfy and I had so many compliments for it that I chose to wear it again.


Here are some of our backstage secrets....


Here is what you usually see...


and here is one backstage picture!!!


The harbor is really beautiful but so crowdy on a sunny week-end!


We even saw a nice vintage shop there...


unfortunatly closed the day we visited.


My husband, always overdressed....


We came back to the 50's event from my previous post for a few hours...


and it was already time to park the car back in its garage.


I was so tired after these busy 2 days...


but after a nice diner, we even found the energy to go to cinema to watch JERSEY BOYS!
Like fireworks to end this beautiful week-end!!!


 Have you ever been in Normandy ?
Have you already seen JERSEY BOYS? We really like it!

FRENCH CORNER
Et voici notre 2ème jour sous le soleil de Normandie... un petit coin bien dépaysant avec un avant goût d'Angleterre! Nous avions initialement prévu de visiter Deauville, mais étant donné que tous les parisiens semblaient avoir eu la même idée, nous nous sommes dirigés vers le vieux port de Honfleur. Sans regret, de quoi se sentir vraiment en vacances!
Malgré 2 jours forts remplis, nous avons même trouvé la force de nous rendre au ciné le dimanche soir pour voir JERSEY BOYS! De quoi finir le week-end en beauté... Vous en avez d'ailleurs pensé quoi de ce film? Nous on a adoré!
- A bientôt -